Trivial Pursuit

So you think you know Washington County? The Herald-Mail will award $50 to the person with the most correct answers to our local trivia contest. Herald-Mail employees and their relatives are not eligible to participate. Here are some other rules: If there's a tie, one winner will be drawn randomly from those who qualify. Entries are due by 5 p.m. today., Bring your answers to 100 Summit Ave. in Hagerstown, or send your answers via e-mail to lifestyle@herald-mail.

BRUNSWICK, Md. - During a rainy day at the beach or a dull evening at home, have you ever joined your family in a rousing round of Monkeys on the Moon or Bloody Mary: Further Intrigue in the Tudor Court? I'd guess not. It's more likely that Clue or Trivial Pursuit are the board games collecting dust on your shelves. If you're tired of Trouble, unmoved by Monopoly and no longer scintillated by Scrabble, there are choices beyond the aisles of your local superstore. Game day at Beans in the Belfry, a coffee shop in Brunswick, Md., is a portal to a world of novelty board games.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A Berkeley County church is looking to Broadway to help raise money for the crisis in Kosovo. Trinity Lutheran Church on W.Va 45 in Arden will host show tunes with Trivial Pursuit at 7 p.m. Saturday in a fund-raiser for Doctors Without Borders, Donna Giguet said. Ellen McDaniel-Weissler, of Hedgesville, W.Va., created "Trivial Broadway" about six years ago as a useful outlet for "all the useless trivia I had mushed inside my head. " An opera student who has studied at Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, McDaniel said she has performed the show around the nation.

Linda Lou Fiery, 56, died Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, in Pulaski, Tenn., of complications from scleroderma. Born July 15, 1955, in Hagerstown, Md., she was the daughter of the late Glenn Edward Fiery and Ida Lucille (Charles) Fiery. She graduated from Williamsport High School in 1973 and from Frostburg State College in 1977. She was a baptized member of Mount Tabor Lutheran Church in Fairview. She was a whiz at questions for games and game shows such as Trivial Pursuit and “Jeopardy.” Her speaking skills and good diction were put to good use when she won contests while doing telemarketing for Sears appliance maintenance contracts.

Linda Lou Fiery, 56, died Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, in Pulaski, Tenn., of complications from scleroderma. Born July 15, 1955, in Hagerstown, Md., she was the daughter of the late Glenn Edward Fiery and Ida Lucille (Charles) Fiery. She graduated from Williamsport High School in 1973 and from Frostburg State College in 1977. She was a baptized member of Mount Tabor Lutheran Church in Fairview. She was a whiz at questions for games and game shows such as Trivial Pursuit and “Jeopardy.” Her speaking skills and good diction were put to good use when she won contests while doing telemarketing for Sears appliance maintenance contracts.

BRUNSWICK, Md. - During a rainy day at the beach or a dull evening at home, have you ever joined your family in a rousing round of Monkeys on the Moon or Bloody Mary: Further Intrigue in the Tudor Court? I'd guess not. It's more likely that Clue or Trivial Pursuit are the board games collecting dust on your shelves. If you're tired of Trouble, unmoved by Monopoly and no longer scintillated by Scrabble, there are choices beyond the aisles of your local superstore. Game day at Beans in the Belfry, a coffee shop in Brunswick, Md., is a portal to a world of novelty board games.

So you think you know Washington County? The Herald-Mail will award $50 to the person with the most correct answers to our local trivia contest. Herald-Mail employees and their relatives are not eligible to participate. Here are some other rules: If there's a tie, one winner will be drawn randomly from those who qualify. Entries are due by 5 p.m. today., Bring your answers to 100 Summit Ave. in Hagerstown, or send your answers via e-mail to lifestyle@herald-mail.